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instructed Tarnovsky to post the Canal Plus code on the internet. The Canal Plus suit fizzled after its parent company, VivendiUniversal , struck a business deal with News Corporation that included a condition that Canal Plus would drop its suit against

Williams & Connolly law firm. In one case earlier this year, the U.S. judge in a shareholders' lawsuit against VivendiUniversal granted class-action status to English, French and Dutch investors because their countries recognize U.S. rulings

other distributors such as cell phone carriers. Jean-Bernard Livy, CEO of Universal Music's parent company, VivendiUniversal SA, said last month that the share of revenue that Apple collects for each song sold on iTunes is "indecent

site is available in 16 languages. The record labels have been less enthusiastic. Universal Music, a division of VivendiUniversal SA, said on Friday that Deezer.com's use of its music was illegal and that it would take "all measures necessary

without copy protection. As part of a six-month test to end in January, UMG, a subsidiary of French conglomerate VivendiUniversal SA, will sell a wide range of albums and songs from artists such as 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas and Sting -- in MP3

rights management, or DRM, scheme restrictive. But a recent move by Microsoft to share revenues from Zune with VivendiUniversal Music suggests the company may seek to placate the studios, which could open the doors for future promotions and

heavyweights Electronic Arts and VivendiUniversal had mobile divisions showcasing ..... richly-deserved end. But in VivendiUniversal 's new game based on the movie ..... heavyweights Electronic Arts and VivendiUniversal had mobile divisions showcasing

follow suit? Hollywood is famously anxious to establish a direct relationship with its viewers. Studios Sony, VivendiUniversal , Viacom and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have teamed to sell downloads via Movielink, and CinemaNow.com is doing the

European Union members. "The directive's Rapporteur French MEP Madame Janelly Fourtou (who is also the wife of Vivendi - Universal 's CEO) has placed it on a 'First Reading,' a rarely used fast-track procedure for uncontroversial directives

sit-down" with Al Gore refusing to "lift his veto over the sale of the News World International network from VivendiUniversal Entertainment" so the former Vice President and Howard Dean backer can you bring you the "Indie Channel." LINK

competitor to Fox News Channel." Gore and a group of investors "are close to buying a small cable news channel from VivendiUniversal for $70 million." LINK The Clintons of Chappaqua: The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports on the third suit filed

The truck makes Jack look more like a hero," enthuses Richard Stoddart, a Ford marketing manager. Next spring VivendiUniversal 's SciFi channel will air Five Days Till Midnight, a whodunit miniseries; up to 10 sponsors that buy ads for the

Hyatt] met with Universal Television chairman Michael Jackson, president of network enterprises Patrick Vien and VivendiUniversal 's chief operating officer, Jean-Bernard Levy." More from Hagan: "It's possible that NWI is one of many

Halted Hollywood's big studios, from AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. to Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to VivendiUniversal 's Universal Studios, closed their doors Tuesday and instructed staff to go home as the country remained in a state

Halted Hollywood's big studios, from AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. to Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to VivendiUniversal 's Universal Studios, closed their doors Tuesday and instructed staff to go home as the country remained in a state

Halted Hollywood's big studios, from AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. to Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to VivendiUniversal 's Universal Studios, closed their doors Tuesday and instructed staff to go home as the country remained in a state

Halted Hollywood's big studios, from AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. to Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to VivendiUniversal 's Universal Studios, closed their doors Tuesday and instructed staff to go home as the country remained in a state

Halted Hollywood's big studios, from AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. to Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to VivendiUniversal 's Universal Studios, closed their doors Tuesday and instructed staff to go home as the country remained in a state

Halted Hollywood's big studios, from AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. to Sony Corp's Sony Pictures to VivendiUniversal 's Universal Studios, closed their doors Tuesday and instructed staff to go home as the country remained in a state

scenes. Meanwhile, pressplay (formerly known as Duet) combines music from the other two major labels, Sony and VivendiUniversal , the latter of which bought Internet music technology company MP3.com for more than $300 million this spring